Take a bow, Garbiñe Muguruza. For the third Slam in a row, we have a new champion! Muguruza produced a sensational display to defeat the world number one, Serena Williams, 7-5 6-4 to win the 2016 French Open. It was a high-quality final with some thunderous hitting. The first set was one of the best…
After a dicey and damp second week, the final of the 2016 French Open is all set and will be a repeat of last year’s Wimbledon final between the number one seed, Serena Williams and the number four seed, Garbiñe Muguruza. For Muguruza, her form at this tournament in recent years has been a pre-cursor to her…
Finally the rain abated to allow all the matches on Wednesday’s schedule to be completed. For Thursday, the remaining quarter-finals will be completed. I only just realised today that they played for two hours and one minute yesterday which meant that schedulers didn’t have to fork out for refunds… sounds a little shady to me!…
Jeepers… another soggy day in Paris has left a backlog of matches in Paris. While the bottom half of the women’s draw has progressed to the quarter-final stage, the four fourth round matches from the top half are still to be completed. The previews for those matches are still relevant HERE. While the lack of…
Day 8 Matches The first of the 2016 Roland Garros quarter-finals is all set and will be contested between Garbiñe Muguruza and Shelby Rogers! Rogers didn’t play the last Slam at the Australian Open but she is into the quarters of the French Open after defeating Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets on Sunday. Her on-court interview…
Following the conclusion of the final women’s match of the day on Twitter (and with a spotty internet connection haha) between Daria Kasatkina and Kiki Bertens has destroyed me… Bertens missed five match points and then Kasatkina twice failed to serve out the match. Bertens eventually won, 10-8 in the decider. A huge win for Kiki (in…
Day 6 Halep d. Osaka, 4-6 6-2 6-3 – Not surpised to see Osaka push Halep to three. I saw the end of the match and Osaka threw in a poor game to get broken at *3-4 in the third set. Still, i’m so excited about her potential and i’d guess her game might stack…
Just some quick thoughts on the tennis and a post with some polls for day 6 to give you all the opportunity to discuss the matches 🙂 Day 5 Bacsinszky d. Bouchard, 6-4 6-4 – Timea won! I was starting to come round to Genie in this match-up but as a Timea fan, i’m chuffed…
The fourth day of Roland Garros was a great day for the seeds; 11 out of 12 progressed into the third round. Considering the madness of WTA draws in 2016, this is mad in itself! It was a quiet start to the day, which ended with some thoroughly entertaining matches. For a sweeping preview of four second…
This post previews the best of the second round matches set for Thursday at Roland Garros including Bouchard-Bacsinszky, V.Williams v Chirico, Petkovic v Putintseva and Mladenovic v Babos. A final Set Points will come later tonight to wrap up day 4 action at the French Open. 1. Timea Bacsinszky (8) v Eugenie Bouchard In a battle…
